February 2009
24 posts
Retro Cereal Boxes
General Mills is deploying a new tactic in ongoing battle for cereal dominance. Retro cereal box designs are appearing on store shelves in Target, and elsewhere. Check out more of them at The Dieline.
Amazing Crayon Art
Check out Christian Faur’s crayon series — very cool.
Women's Finishline Window
Check out this store display designed by moi!
MoMA Atlantic/Pacific Installation
I love when cultural institutions find a way to actually make art accessible to the community. MoMA’s simple, low-tech approach for their month long installation in Brooklyn’s Atlantic Avenue/Pacific Street subway station shows that MoMA really understands its local community. The choice of a major subway station is a perfect place to share art — it is where New Yorkers are everyday....
Apps for Type Nerds
Check out these 2 apps for total type nerds that SwissMiss posted this week.
Kern is a game or as they describe it: KERN is a minimalist typography experience challenging you to precisely place a missing letter into a falling word while avoiding any unnecessary ligatures! Practice and prove your typographical acumen with a score that gives new meaning to point-size!
What the Font is the Shazam...
If Yesterday Wasn't So Great for You...
Then rock this tee — who knows you could even meet the person of your dreams while wearing it (only if they appreciate cynical humor though, I suppose ). I would fall in love with someone in this shirt, but that’s just me.
Free Love!
Designer, Steph Goralnick, designed a set of valentines to sell online, but then she decided that since the economy is in a state of such deep suckage she would spread the love and give them all away for free to ensure that people have a little something to give to their friends, enemies, lovers, coworkers, neighbors, secret crushes or total strangers on the subway.
So, she scattered 22 packets...
Tall Black Girls
What??? Well they are awesome. Ha, walked by this last night, had to snap a pic.
Beatiful Bike Short
Short film by Brooklyn’s Cinecycle for Hutchinson bicycle tires. See it in full HD glory here. [via illsoul]
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Great Find
Check out this sign my art director found in Chinatown this weekend! Who’s Dick? Ok, ok, we know that it is actually how you spell the name May.
Marshall Stack
Check out this awesome wall paper in the bathroom at Marshall Stack, get it? It is a pretty great bar too!
Rainbow Cake
I don’t really bake, but I do love cake and I totally want to make this rainbow cake someday! [via Reactions]
